lista

/[ˈlist̪a]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#419

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lista is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pedazo de papel, lienzo u otra cosa análoga, largo y angosto. Pronounced [ˈlist̪a]. It ranks #419 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with lit and lost.

Key facts for lista
PropertyValue
Headwordlista
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlist̪a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#419
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lista in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for lista is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlist̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #419 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for lista, with forms such as "ilsta", "lisat", and "lissta". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lit", "lost", "losa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is lista, spelled L-I-S-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pedazo de papel, lienzo u otra cosa análoga, largo y angosto.
  2. 2
    Tira de distinto color que el fondo en algunas cosas.
  3. 3
    Raya.
  4. 4
    Serie de nombres, de apuntes, de noticias, etc., puestos por orden; nómina, catálogo, etc.
  5. 5
    Nota de las viandas que se sirven en una fonda, y de sus precios.
  6. 6
    Recuento que se hace de viva voz de las personas asistentes a algún acto, nombrándolas y notando su falla si no responden.
  7. 7
    Catálogo.
  8. 8
    Forma codificada de organización mediante la numeración de datos para mejor almacenamiento, procesamiento o visualización de la información.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilsta,lisat,lissta,listta,litsa,llista,lsita

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lista

Misspelling Variants of "lista"

ilsta5lisat5lissta6listta6litsa5llista6lsita5
Misspelling Variants of "lista"

Frequency rank: #419 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lista"?
"lista" is spelled L-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlist̪a].
What does "lista" mean?
As a noun, "lista" means: Pedazo de papel, lienzo u otra cosa análoga, largo y angosto.
What words are commonly confused with "lista"?
"lista" is commonly confused with "lit", "lost", "losa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lista" is [ˈlist̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lista" come from?
"lista" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.